Crosby and Miller are big heros in Olympic

Sidney Crosby became a Canadian hero by scoring the gold medal-winning goal in his shinning team canada jersey against Team USA at Canada Hockey Place. Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins resume their NHL season at Mellon Arena. Crosby started and ended February with big games against Miller. In fact, Crosby has had good success against Miller during his career. He has scored six times against the Buffalo goaltender in the past two seasons and seven overall, as well as getting a pair of shootout winners against him, including one in the 2008 Winter Classic.

The Sabres' second game won't be any easier, they return to Buffalo for a Wednesday meeting with Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. It will be Ovechkin's first NHL game after his disappointing appearance in Vancouver.

Maltby's season ends due to the surgery

According to mlive.com, Detroit Red Wings veteran Kirk Maltby will undergo a shoulder surgery next week. As a result, Maltby will be placed on long-term injured serve, solving the Wings' salary-cap problems and also enable defenseman Andreas Lilja to be activated. Lilja said he expects to be in the lineup Monday at Colorado, in the first game following the Olympic break. It seems that Maltby has to take off his red wings jersey and take a rest.

Phaneuf appear on NHL Live!

Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf will be among the guests on NHL Live! scheduled from noon-2 p.m. on NHL Network and NHL.com and broadcast on XM Radio. Also scheduled to appear to speak with co-hosts Rob Simpson and Stan Fischler are NHL.com's Dan Rosen, New Jersey Devils/Versus/NBC play-by-play announcer Doc Emrick and Kevin Allen of USA Today.

Phaneuf was acquired by the Leafs in a seven-player blockbuster with the Calgary Flames on Jan. 31. He has two assists in four games with his new team in the toronto maple leafs jersey.

Teemu Selanne sets 2010 Olympic scoring record

Teemu Selanne set the Olympic scoring record last Friday night in Vancouver by assisting on Kimmo Timonen’s second goal of the game when Finland set a 3-0 win over Germany. Selanne drew the secondary assist on Timonen’s goal in the second period. It was his 37th point in Olympic competition, spanning five separate Winter Games beginning in 1992.

Selanne had been tied with Valeri Kharlamov of Russia, Vlastimil Bubnik of the former Czechoslovakia and Harry Watson of Canada. Let's put on team canada jerseys and support them.

Jack Johnson is out for the game against Bruins

Kings defenseman Jack Johnson will miss contest against the Boston Bruins due to an upper body injury. Randy Jones will take his place in the lineup. Johnson suffered the injury on Thursday during the second period of the Kings win over the Blue Jackets. During the play, Johnson was hit by Wayne Simmonds and Jared Boll on the boards. Johnson did not come back the game.

Terry Murray explained the injury during the Kings post game media. “Jack got hit on the hit that Simmer had on Boll. It’s a little bit of an upper-body injury. I haven’t got any medical report on it, quite honestly. I don’t think it’s something we are overly concerned about. We’re hoping that he’s able to recover from it and help us be a part of the next two games on the road.” Johnson, who has tallied 19 in 52 games this season in the los angeles jersey and was named to Team USA with teammates Jonathan Quick and Dustin Brown, returned to the ice on Friday and skated during the team’s practice in Boston.

Dodgers sign free-agent Ortiz

The Dodgers have signed right-handed free-agent pitcher Ramon Ortiz to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Major League camp. Ortiz last pitched in the Major Leagues in 2007, splitting time between the Twins and Rockies. He pitched in Japan in 2008 and for the Giants' Triple-A affiliate in Fresno last year, going 5-6 with a 3.05 ERA.

He was the winning pitcher for the Angels in Game 3 of the 2002 World Series against the Giants. Hope he can play well in the dodgers jersey.

Adam Graves will appear on NHL Live!

It is reported that former New York Rangers star Adam Graves will appear on Friday's edition of NHL Live! from noon-2 p.m. on NHL Network and NHL.com and broadcast on XM Radio. Also scheduled to appear to speak with co-hosts Deb Placey and E.J. Hradek are NBC hockey analyst Ed Olczyk, a former teammate of Graves, and retired defenseman Teppo Numminen.

Also on the show will be Joseph Bowser of EveryBODY Skates New Jersey, a group of disabled athletes who will make history this weekend by visiting all 54 rinks in the State of New Jersey in just 54 hours.

Rockies is pursuing Cabrera now

Recently according to Major League sources, the Rockies are making a push for veteran infielder Orlando Cabrera. The team have an open roster spot, and general manager Dan O'Dowd has been monitoring the market with veterans such as Cabrera, former Orioles All-Star Melvin Mora and Gold Glove Award winner Orlando Hudson. Rockies manager Jim Tracy was the Expos' bench coach and Rockies assistant general manager Bill Geivett was a key figure in player development when Cabrera came up with Montreal in the late 1990s.

Cabrera split last season with the Athletics and Twins and hit .284 with nine home runs and 77 RBIs. The right-handed-hitting Cabrera has spent most of his career at shortstop, but with Troy Tulowitzki entrenched at the position, Cabrera would only be seen as insurance there. He also has experience at second base, where the Rockies have Clint Barmes. Hope that he can play on the fileld in the rockies jersey.

PNC Park will host Dave Matthews Band

The Pirates announced that the Dave Matthews Band is coming to Pittsburgh to perform a July 10 concert at PNC Park. This will be the fourth major concert, not including music acts following Pirates games, that PNC Park has hosted since opening in 2001. The band's tour, which begins at the end of May and runs through September, will make two other ballpark stops as well. The Dave Matthews Band will perform in New York's Citi Field on July 16 and 17 and at Nationals Park on July 23.

The Dave Matthews Band was nominated for two Grammy Awards -- "Album of the Year" and "Best Rock Album", and will perform live at the awards ceremony this Sunday. Billboard recently named the group as the top-selling touring artist of the decade.

Feldman agrees to join in Rangers

The Rangers and Scott Feldman have agreed on a one-year deal to avoid an arbitration hearing for the right-handed pitcher. The club made the announcement at the 2010 Dr Pepper Texas Rangers Mid-Winter Awards Banquet on Friday night. Last season, Feldman went 17-8 with a 4.08 ERA in 31 starts in the rangers jersey and was named the Texas Rangers' Pitcher of the Year for 2009 by the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Earlier this week, the Rangers agreed to a one-year deal with closer Frank Francisco to avoid an arbitration hearing. Francisco, who can be a free agent after the season, agreed to a $3,265,000 contract for 2010. He has made $1,615,000 in 2009.